NSW Minister for Health, Ryan Park, has today announced $50,000 in funding to help improve physical activity in communities across western Sydney.
The funding will support health promotion charity, WSYD Moving Ltd., to deliver a 12-month project focused on fostering collaboration and delivering targeted physical activity solutions for local western Sydney communities.
This project was launched at the WSYD Moving Symposium 2025 on yesterday at the Western Sydney Conference Centre, Penrith. The event brought together more than 250 leaders, practitioners and community voices.
Physical inactivity is a significant issue across NSW, particularly for children, and levels in western Sydney reflect a similar pattern.
With the population in western Sydney expected to continue growing, working towards getting the community more physically active is an important step to improving overall health outcomes for the future.
This project will contribute to existing initiatives by NSW Health and local health districts to improve population-level physical activity as part of the whole-of-government NSW Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy 2022-2032.
Information on NSW Health programs to support individuals, families and communities to lead healthier, more active lifestyles is online at Healthy Eating and Active Living
Quotes attributable to Minister for Health, Ryan Park:
"One of the most effective actions people can take to improve their overall health, is by becoming more active. Even a short ten minute walk each day can result in significant short and long-term health benefits.
"Effective chronic disease prevention requires a collective effort across public health system, private providers, primary care and accredited non−government organisations.
"It's great to see WSYD Moving bringing people and organisations across western Sydney together to help address inactivity in western Sydney and to support individuals to lead healthy lives.
"The NSW Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy has a focus on supporting people from diverse backgrounds and reorienting relevant programs and services to target and support people who need them the most."
Quotes attributable to David Burns, Convenor, WSYD Moving
"In Western Sydney, physical inactivity costs our region more than $1.5 billion every year. We can't solve this alone - it requires all of us working together.
"The Symposium is a key event to bring parts of the system together, build relationships, and help to systemise approaches that enable communities to reduce inequity in access to more active lifestyles."
